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Today, I was excited about showing everyone at work my new piercing. It's in an interesting place in my ear, and it's not that common. Before I had the chance to tell anyone about it, someone asked, "Are you wearing a hearing aid?" FML
Today, I was excited about showing everyone at work my new piercing. It's in an interesting place in my ear, and it's not that common. Before I had the chance to tell anyone about it, someone asked, "Are you wearing a hearing aid?" FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at work, a customer told me how unprofessional my piercing made me look, and insisted that someone else wait on his table. It's not a piercing, it's a mole. FML
Today, I went in to see my piercer. He took one look at my piercing I got a few months ago and laughed saying "What a shit job, I'm sorry but that's pretty crappy because it's not even straight!" I then had to awkwardly explain it was indeed him who had pierced me. FML
Today, I was at a job interview at McDonalds. All was going well until the manager told me that I'd have to remove the piercing that I have on my eyebrow. I didn't think that my mole would be so confusing. FML
Today, as I was translating for a patient to get an MRI, the tech asked if I had metal in my body. In front of the patient, I had to disclose that my nipples were pierced, so I couldn’t accompany the patient bedside. FML
Today, I was working customer service at a large grocery store. I recently got a small, tasteful septum piercing that is barely visible. As I greeted a customer, she began to gag, held out her hand as though she was fending me off, and said, "I can't. Your nose ring makes me sick." FML
Today, I lent my brand new earrings to one of my friends. Everyone told her that they are pretty, and look really great on her. I've been wearing them for the last 3 weeks, and no one has ever mentioned them. FML
Today, I got a warning at work for wearing my ear studs. Not only have I worn them the whole time for the last year I was here, I was unaware of this “rule.” I also was just told that the female employees are allowed to wear them, but men are not. “It looks unprofessional.” FML
Today, I was taking my earrings out and thought I had lost the back of one. Turns out my ear infection has caused the flesh of my ear to grow around and engulf the back of my earring and it is still stuck in there. FML
Today, I got a new piercing because I was trying to be spontaneous. Now, I realize its placement is off and I hate it. FML
Today, I was fixing something for a guy at a steel manufacturing company. His employees told me that their boss can't hear properly, so I'd have to be loud when talking to him. When I'd finished, he asked me if I normally talked like that, or if there was something wrong with me. FML
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Oupazas 1
First, who gives a shit about piercings? Second, who gives a shit about what people say about you?
cmac86 24
the fact that you got it in a different place should tell you something-people are going to stare and wonder.
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Comments (170)
bettadenne1 0
yay!
rosemary1990 0
:( there goes the excitement. though if u like it u should still be excited
bettadenne1 0
i got first i'd like to thank oprah for believing in me and of course the 2 red bulls that kept me awake for no apparent reason
Ms_Jessie22 8
Haha what kind of piercing looks like a hearing aid?
PaintTheStars 2
how would it look like a hearing aid? maybe it was a fragus piercing but still
thatguy888 0
looks like you didn't even know you were deaf. it's a good thing the people at the piercing place saw this and gave you a hearing aid. FIRST!!!!
bettadenne1 0
^thatguy fails ^_^
sheslostinside 0
not reallllllllly an fml...
jade567 0
15- I love yur picture. :) I love drop dead. :] (and Oliver Sykes) hehe. lol
LoganBballin16 0
wow this is funny lol
marinus_fml 20
how is #1 relevant to the FML.
tencentsakiss 19
I think they were just really excited about being first?
YourEvilHero 12
when I eat ponys I think about piercing my ear
lmfao1643 3
lololol
jvandy 0
industrial maybe? shit idk
tencentsakiss 19
I would think an industrial is way too high up. hearing aids are in the actual ear canal aren't they?
OhaiChristina 0
Industrials aren't anywhere near where a hearing aid goes. Hearing aids are a hell of a lot smaller, too. Industrials are bars through the top of your ear. /:
Rape_Dungeon 0
Ni hao
cincin75 0
So, op u r screwed, literally.
atticuz 2
it looks like someone just threw clothes at Jess and she caught that blue shirt lol just saying, say what u want about my pic lol
puhffft 0
It was probably the daith; the daith goes vertically through the cartilage right above the ear canal and is rather uncommon.
vivalacobraxo 0
75 you can go back up until a certain size where that becomes the point of no return. I gauged to a 4 and took them out for like a day and they went right back down to 20s. and roomskiis. snakebites are awesome.
Emilyinroom483 7
#74: No. Not literally.
SMJ210 0
what?
TokioxxHotel 0
113, 'the point of no return' is rumored to be 0, but 00 are a definate. if you had 4s (what I have) and they went to 20s in a short amount of time, that means you probably had a blowout sometime while stretching (not 'guaging') and it never healed.
ohJeeznotme 7
it's called stretching. gauging means to guess.
TokioxxHotel 0
*gauging. people commonly mistake stretching for gauging because the 'gauge' is the size of the tunnel/fistula.
fmlfuch 0
112, I have the same piercing and I've never been asked if I have a hearing aide.... op, if you like it who cares what anyone else thinks.
Jonkbaby 23
ydi for being an individual
missmurderx 8
15, I love your picture too(: I <3 my drop dead shirt<33 oli sykes, hehe :D
Ishilied 11
Targus piercing would be my guess.
WorldCupCheer 0
ouch 66 did ur piercings hirt? I have my bellybutton pierces too butthe other ones look so painful except my ring is a diamond one :)
tencentsakiss 19
let me put it this way. the pain from the bottom ones made the pain from the normal belly button one feel like being tickled with a feather in comparison. although I wouldnt say getting pierced was so bad, it's more the healing.
PaintTheStars 2
#31 Ty :) bmth/oli/dropdead Is the best :D
PaintTheStars 2
and to 143 :]
mandipandi30 0
so do you.
christinamarie17 29
Depending on the earring OP had in it also could have been a conch, although the daith is more likely.
GhostPhoenix 5
Not that bad...
ohSNAPyall 27
Seriously. Weh, weh. You got it in a different place probably in part because you wanted something surprising... your friend was surprised.
marie_yuh100 3
it's either an industrial or that little thing in the middle of your ear in front of the hole.
love0128 5
4, it's called a tragus. And 15, thts TRAGUS, nt fragus!!
tencentsakiss 19
an industrial wouldn't look like a hearing aid..
Opera_Ghost 0
Just with I was thinking! If it's a daith, don't listen to what they say! It's wicked cute! If it helps, try switching to something more colorful! Or even better, see if you can get a custom bent hoop! I got my daith pierced not too long ago and my hoop is heart-shaped! My piercer is well-known for doing custom bent heart-shaped daith piercings, or "earhearts," as she calls them! :) No matter what ear piercing it is, you rock for getting it! Cool ear piercings ftw!
tencentsakiss 19
opera that sounds kind of cool. I want ear hearts!!
tencentsakiss 19
yea maybe not.. iunno though some guys could pull it off maybe
Opera_Ghost 0
A dude with an earheart would be awesome! (I think it's possible to do an ear-star as well, but it's harder to do and doesn't come out as pointy and defined). Oh and in case anyone is wondering... http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6261/photo145x.jpg this is my daith/earheart (so, yeah it's kind of in a hearing aid place). It's at a weird angle in this pic because it is really tough to take a good pic of one's own ear in Photobooth haha, so it's not the best example of mine's shape (unless you wanna see a pic of me looking all icky after walking around town after getting it...) :P
tencentsakiss 19
I love that. I want the star
ohSNAPyall 27
If you are not sure about getting gauged, don't do it. There's no going back, and if you take it out it's more noticable than taking a regular piercing out.
romskiies 0
I had my ears stretched before kfrizzle, kinda painful.. I had em up to 2's. the they closed in two days :/ I stretched them back months later went from 12-8-6-4 so painful going all through it in one day :( but now pierceless :P thinking of snake bites though?
tencentsakiss 19
I kinda jammed 14s in my ears, but I'm afraid to go higher than that. everytime I take them out for longer than a day they go right back to 20s
tencentsakiss 19
yea i def went through a wanting snake bites phase, than switched to wanting an antibrow
romskiies 0
lol I kinda had to big cus I have big ears lmao so anything below 4 or 2's looked funky XD but ya my sis has one side pierced, I'm thinking of getting the bites, but doubt I could wear them cus if work :/
TokioxxHotel 0
I wanted an anti eyebrow but I ended up settling for a regular one. I'm at 4s and don't plan on going much higher. maybe 0s. I want snakebites, too. I only have to get the right side then. it'd look pretty cool with my labet in the middle. I'm definatly the one to ask about piercings haha. btw, never NEVER get venoms. (two through each side of your tongue, through the muscles). they hurt really bad and they don't sit right. and take forever to heal. I had mine for three months and didn't eat solid food for a month and a half. I took them out to much relieve. yes, they were cool. but they rubbed on my gums pretty bad. bad enough if I had them for a few years, I'd probably woulda had a lot of gum erosion.
ambernykole 0
I would imagine that it's either a rook or daith, they're both relatively close to where a hearing aid would be.
marie_yuh100 3
well number 32 i'm sorry that I don't know the PROPER word of what that little thing in the middle of your ear is. geeze
TokioxxHotel 0
#132, I bought tapers and tapered them myself. I did it over about 4 1/2 months. I would have done it quicker, but I didn't always get to by my tapers as quick as I wanted to. I went from about an 18-16-14-8-6-4. NEVER SKIP SIZES. I skipped from a 14 to an 8 because I couldn't find 12-10 tapers. I bled pretty bad and had a blowout, but I luckily healed. what I did was buy 16 and 14 g rings and put those in when the my ear didn't hurt. then I bought the other tapers. I'd put them in as far a they could go after a hot shower. I slept with the tapers in, then a tad forcefully pushed the rest of the taper through the next day. then after another shower, I'd take the tapers out, clean them, let the blood and stuff come out of my ear, then put the tapers in. it hurt, but it healed quite fast. once you get to your desired size, be sure to get plugs, tapers can get annoying. also be sure to not just get a metal pair. metal is quite heavy and sometimes it's best to switch to a plastic pair to give your ears a break. and try and clean your plugs every day. I hoped this helped! :) feel free to ask more questions. :)
TokioxxHotel 0
I didn't use lubricant, but I'm sure it'd make it a bit easier.
KhrystallDaBest 15
I wanted snakebites but now I want a labret.
cmac86 24
the fact that you got it in a different place should tell you something-people are going to stare and wonder.
juddy5 0
ha ha ha deaf fail
blueandpurpleroc 4
interesting spot? ;D
Mariax_fml 2
That's not too bad..
Krayzay 0
#8 u super cute
Oupazas 1
Hey #8 I'm going to creepily hit on you too just for the hell of it.
Mariax_fml 2
#13 Aw, thank you! :D
Mariax_fml 2
#19 How charming ;)
purgarus 6
lol #39 xD
ashylarry 0
I'm sure you'll enjoy that later on in life
ivan_opinion 0
get a different earring! =]
Oupazas 1
First, who gives a shit about piercings? Second, who gives a shit about what people say about you?